The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Cover:Paperback “I had to learn what

“I had to learn what it means to love Blackness

James Baldwin

Backmatter includes an afterword

With his father on trial for a crime he didn't commit

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Cover:Paperback “I had to learn whatWidely heralded as a masterful (Washington Post) and essential (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothsteins The Color of Law offers the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces,